TRIAL OF SEKHEMA - Needs work!

[chelleren2]

Dying on third floor is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience. And the Baryas is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rare. Complete garbage with the honour system really.. Seems like a fun mechanic at first, but then you get to the third floor and its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cancer, even with as much as around 75 res. I cant progress my ascendancy, because I cant complete the third floor, which makes me want to rage quit my lv 78 sorceress with 120 hours put in it, because this is not fun at all. I am otherwise very tolerant, do not have a problem with souls games and dying, but this, this is something else. And NOT in a good way. You HAVE to be OP as ♥♥♥♥ to overcome the trials. Casuals like me are gatekeeped out of it as of now it seems. Please, balancing must be done, otherwise I can't continue playing this game as the endgame mapping isn't really that much fun on it's own. You really need the trials to have something else to do in between.

[Piggy]

Originally posted by chelleren2:

Thanks all, I will push it through eventually I guess. As my build is my own maybe it contributes, but I really have no big problems with the rest of the game, currently lv 78 on tier 6 maps. I just find it very odd how there could be such a giant leap in difficulty between floor 2 and 3. I will continue try my luck with RNGeesus, if I only could find some baryas first…

The 4th trial section is much worse than the previous 3. Honor resis seems like its weaker, keep stacking honor resis and you will get it.

[Sycler]

Agreed. I am starting to wish I built a meta class instead of free styling my chrono fire source. Its just awful to die to the honor system but never have your health drop below 95% for three floors

[CyberDown]

They are going to be changing this, but likely many of you will still have issues as most the complaints are skill issues.

[joaodericardo]

i hate that tryal. after almost one hour playng tha lst boss gives you hit kill. ITS SO BORING

[HunApo]

Trial:
a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.

The only test in that trial is to figure out how the system works, which isn't rocket science.
I did the full 4 floor on deadeye that was first character with random trash gears i found (including relics) with my own build at lvl 90 (because thats was when i found my barya)
All my other characters were deleting the entire run in less than 20 mins from start to 4th boss afterwards without any issues.

Problem is people tend to not realize how to plan their path and than blame RNG.
Trial of chaos is pure RNG, it can easily screw you and you cannot do anything about it even if you have several hundreds of divine in your build.

And as per the last interview with dev, they are happy where trials are, nothing to be changed as the only reason you fail it is because you made errors.

It is not called gift of the sekhemas afterall ...

[JimmyKaz]

Originally posted by Venthus:

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny of Despair:

If you can't do anything about that, why is it that other people do it just fine? ._.

Look at you being all sassy and stuff. The problem is RNG - it’s not a trial that is the same for everyone. He can get a room that has a ton of poison spitting cobra’s leave puddles of poison on the ground making it hard to move and I can get the same room, same trial and have all archers that move slower, have a slow skill activation and don’t leave AOE on the ground. The Trial is really not skill but RNG you need to beat.

yes there is rng in every game not just poe2.
the game is about minimize RNG effects. and yet you just pick the one that maximize the rng. never pick the "see one less room ahead". It is all about planing your route to pick the best boon or least worst curses.

get the you honor res up and hp/es high. i go in the trial with 13k honor, max res and it is easy.

[SharkPlush]

I agree that it's too difficult because the baryas are too rare and the challenge is biased against melee.

[Kenvert]

The "random" debuff is not a nice mechanic imo. That I'd like they change.
(Example: If you're a Monk and get "no evasion" you're screwed.).

And yeah, dying in the Lvl 3 Trial is indeed a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience... You could at least start in the 2nd Trial when you insert a Lvl 3 stone... To save some freaking time!

[Zogtar]

As a warrior main, it takes getting used to. I've had to change my build around several times, and there's no way I'd attempt a thorns warrior while attempting the trials...

Some builds are useless or near useless for w/e reason.

[Plum]

Sanctum has always been the best part of poe I do 5 6man boosts a day on the 4th boss. Love that I can get rewarded for the good content.

[Dwane Dibbley]

Originally posted by Kenvert:

The "random" debuff is not a nice mechanic imo. That I'd like they change.
(Example: If you're a Monk and get "no evasion" you're screwed.).

And yeah, dying in the Lvl 3 Trial is indeed a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience... You could at least start in the 2nd Trial when you insert a Lvl 3 stone... To save some freaking time!

So dont pick random debuff... Or get "you cant get any more afflictions" major boon first.

Seriously, 99% of complains is just "i picked wrong route thru floor and its games fault". The rest 1% is "i try to facetank thru sanctum and it dont work".

Even with no evasion, you still got ES so you should go thru. Im pure evasion/acrobatic and can go thru with no evasion, cuz i dont get hit. And while you cry about no evasion, you can also get no armor. So chose wisely...

Once you learn to not get hit (or minimize hits taken) and smart pathing thru floor, sanctum become supereasy. You wont care about certain afflictions like enemies draining 5% hp/es on hit, traps do more damage or more damage taken on low hp. You can prioritize water fountains/traders over honor restoration and you snowball boons. The first floor is actualy the hardest, once you start snowballing boons, you turn on rambo mode. Better, faster, stronger - in multiple ways.

[Crow Buddy]

Originally posted by Kenvert:

The "random" debuff is not a nice mechanic imo. That I'd like they change.
(Example: If you're a Monk and get "no evasion" you're screwed.).

And yeah, dying in the Lvl 3 Trial is indeed a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience... You could at least start in the 2nd Trial when you insert a Lvl 3 stone... To save some freaking time!

Yes, what is considered a "major" and "minor" affliction is not currently balanced, and that is OK, it's EA. This is the time to tune these things and rework them.

Some of the minor afflictions are crippling and severe, and you can easily get them and brick a run.

A player can start a run with 3 minor afflictions as your options, right out of the gate. Other times, you can start a trial run and NO negative afflictions are forced upon you right away. It's just RNG.

Then you gotta use Pledges to either remove the bad affliction (sometimes leading to you getting an even worse one), or use Vendor purchases, boons, to counter-balance the poor affliction.

Something very important: often times, it's better to skip a potential reward to not receive a Minor affliction. AVOID GETTING MINOR AFFLICTIONS STACKED ON YOU AT ALL COSTS, because you don't know if it'll be a harmless one, or one that screws your character.

Stacking Relics with honour resistance/max honour increased/extra damage dealt is really important.

If you get hit by one of those stupid monsters that bursts out of the floor, or some projectile you couldn't see, or some other off-screen b.s., (a rare mob that spawns with a bunch of annoying modifiers) or some trap, having MAXED honour resist will help a lot with those situations.

It's definitely my least favorite thing in the game by a huge margin, I'm glad I'm done with it.

[CarryMe]

I guess I'm not the only one who suck at trials 3rd. my current level : 66. I completely stuck to gain more ascendancy

[chelleren2]

Originally posted by Kenvert:

The "random" debuff is not a nice mechanic imo. That I'd like they change.
(Example: If you're a Monk and get "no evasion" you're screwed.).

And yeah, dying in the Lvl 3 Trial is indeed a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience... You could at least start in the 2nd Trial when you insert a Lvl 3 stone... To save some freaking time!

I'm sorry, WHAT!? So I don't have to start from beginning if I have another Barya to put in after death?

[chelleren2]

Originally posted by Habibi:

I guess I'm not the only one who suck at trials 3rd. my current level : 66. I completely stuck to gain more ascendancy :Muffin_time:

Woah, lv 66, a bit low maybe. but no worries. by the time you get another attempt you are probably max level, because of the low drop rate. good luck